{"product_id":"making-nice-a-novel-in-stories-paperback","title":"Making Nice: A Novel in Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatt Sumell\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet Alby, the heartbroken antihero at the center of Matt Sumell's ferocious, funny, and wrenching debut \u003ci\u003eMaking Nice\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFueled by heartache, fury, and the occasional pain pill from his mother's leftover stash, Alby is flailing wildly as he tries (and mostly fails) to cope with his mother's death. From his hometown on the Great South Bay to a sailboat in a Los Angeles marina, he stalks the perimeters of calamity: he punches his sister; gets drunk; picks fights; and spews insults at children, slow drivers, old ladies, and every single surviving member of his family. But it's in the rare moments of connection--training an abandoned bird up for combat, commiserating with a toddler in a breakfast joint, spoon-feeding his grandmother gelatinized milk--that Alby begins to see a way to survive his pain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith unforgettable style and force and an \"ingenuous humanity that makes every page feel new\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e), Matt Sumell's blistering debut blurs the line between fighting for and fighting with the only family you've got.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatt Sumell\u003c\/b\u003e is a graduate of UC Irvine's MFA program, and his fiction has since appeared in \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElectric Literature\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOne Story\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNoon\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. He lives in Los Angeles, California. \u003ci\u003eMaking Nice\u003c\/i\u003e is his first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 09, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761024631072,"sku":"9781250081582","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0f9babd7ac073b37eaad4c101ca7fcf2.webp?v=1780197502","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/making-nice-a-novel-in-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}